Music genre
Hip house
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Other names
| Rap house, house rap
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Stylistic origins
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Cultural origins
| Mid-late 1980s,
London
, UK and
Chicago
, U.S.
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Derivative forms
| Eurodance
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Hip house
, also known as
rap house
or
house rap
, is a musical genre that mixes elements of
house music
and
hip hop music
, that originated in both
London
, United Kingdom and
Chicago
, United States in the mid to late 1980s.
[1]
British group the
Beatmasters
' "
Rok da House
" is known to be the first hip house record,
[2]
having been written and pressed to vinyl in August 1986.
[
citation needed
]
Other early hip house records by British artists include "
Pump Up the Volume
" by
MARRS
and "
Beat Dis
" by
Bomb the Bass
, both from 1987.
History
[
edit
]
Minor controversy ensued in 1988 when a U.S. record called "Turn Up the Bass" by
Tyree Cooper
featuring Kool Rock Steady claimed it was the "first hip house record on vinyl". The
Beatmasters
disputed this, pointing out that "
Rok da House
" had originally been written and pressed to vinyl in 1986. The outfit then released "Who's in the House?" featuring British emcee Merlin, containing the lines "Beatmasters stand to attention, hip house is your invention" and "Watch out Tyree, we come faster". More claims to the hip-house crown were subsequently laid down by
Fast Eddie
in "Yo Yo Get Funky!",
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
with "
It Takes Two
", and
Tony Scott
's "That's How I'm Living".
After successful releases by the Beatmasters,
Deskee
, Tyree, KC Flightt,
Doug Lazy
and
Mr. Lee
, hip-house became popular in the
acid house
warehouse scene and
nightclubs
. Hip house also garnered substantial chart success.
[3]
The style complemented sample-based records of the period, produced by British artists such as
S-Express
,
Bomb the Bass
and
M|A|R|R|S
.
Hip house's further crossover success would come in the form of two ground breaking records: "I'll House You" by the
Jungle Brothers
and "
It Takes Two
" by
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
. "I'll House You" is generally seen as a collaboration between
New York City
house-music producer
Todd Terry
and the Jungle Brothers (an Afrocentric hip-hop group from New York). "It Takes Two" was described by
Hip Hop Connection
magazine as "...the first
palatable
form of hip-house for hardcore hip hop fans."
[
citation needed
]
Hip hop rappers that would receive the hip house
remix
treatment included Vitamin C,
Sweet Tee
,
Raze
, and
the D.O.C.
Hip house tracks featured on popular dance compilations including
Telstar
's
Deep Heat
compilation series and was championed by DJs such as To Kool Chris and
Chad Jackson
.
As house music emerged as a worldwide industry by the late 1980s, U.S. acts such as
C+C Music Factory
would use the hip house formula in hits such as "
Gonna Make You Sweat
", as well as the
Eurodance
genre ?
particularly with hits by the Belgian group
Technotronic
, German groups
Snap!
and
Real McCoy
, and Italian
Lee Marrow
.
Influence on UK rave scene
[
edit
]
Late 1980s hip house releases by UK artists such as
Double Trouble
and
Rebel MC
,
Blapps Posse
and
Shut Up and Dance
were an early influence towards the early 1990s UK
rave
scene and the
breakbeat hardcore
genre (and genres that developed from it such as
jungle
).
[4]
[5]
Hip house in the present day
[
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]
A modern form of hip house became popular in the mid-2000s, known as
electro hop
,
[6]
with artists enjoying mainstream success towards the end of the decade and into the 2010s. These artists included
LMFAO
,
[7]
[8]
Pitbull
(most notably with his albums
Rebelution
(2009)
[9]
and
Planet Pit
(2011)),
[10]
[11]
Flo Rida
,
[12]
[13]
Far East Movement
,
[14]
[15]
[16]
[17]
Hyper Crush
,
[18]
Example
(described as "rave-rap" or "rave-hop") and
Azealia Banks
.
[19]
Electronic dance music
DJs/producers also had hits in the genre, which featured vocals from rappers. These include "
C'mon (Catch 'em by Surprise)
" by
Tiesto
and
Diplo
with
Busta Rhymes
,
[6]
and "
Forever
" by
Wolfgang Gartner
and
will.i.am
. French DJ
David Guetta
had several hip house hits such as "
Memories
" with
Kid Cudi
,
[6]
"
Where Them Girls At
" with
Flo Rida
and
Nicki Minaj
,
[20]
"
Gettin' Over You
" with
LMFAO
and "
Little Bad Girl
" with
Taio Cruz
and
Ludacris
.
[6]
Hip house in the 2020s include "
Boss Bitch
" by
Doja Cat
, "
Ego Death
" by
Ty Dolla Sign
, "
My High
" by
Disclosure
,
Amine
and
Slowthai
, "
Believe What I Say
" by
Kanye West
, "
Her
" by
Megan Thee Stallion
and "
Thique
" by
Beyonce
.
References
[
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]
- ^
Phillip Mlynar (2 May 2016).
"Hip House: An Oral History"
.
Red Bull Music Academy
.
- ^
"Cookie Crew Reviews, Music, News"
.
- ^
Henderson, Alex.
"Hip House"
.
AllMusic
. Retrieved
2010-06-01
.
- ^
James, Martin (1997).
State of Bass
. Boxtree.
- ^
"History Sessions: Hardcore Breakbeats (1990 ? 1991)"
.
A Bass Chronicle
. 15 July 2014.
- ^
a
b
c
d
"Evolution of Electro Hop"
.
Recording Arts Canada
. February 20, 2020.
- ^
"Together Festival Featuring LMFAO, Lil Jon and DJ Afrojack"
.
Bk.asia-city.com
. 23 March 2012.
- ^
Hobart, Erika (November 13, 2009).
"LMFAO and Shwayze played at Showbox SoDo on Thursday, November 12, 2009"
.
Seattle Weekly
.
- ^
Ntshanga, Masande.
"Pitbull - Rebelution"
.
Channel
.
- ^
Caramanica, Jon (June 22, 2011).
"Rootless Rapper Finds His Rhythm"
.
The New York Times
.
- ^
Caramanica, Jon (March 15, 2017).
"Pitbull Moves Beyond Hip-Hop and Into the Unknown on 'Climate Change'
"
.
The New York Times
.
- ^
"Top 10 Highest-Selling Hip-Hop Artists Of All Time"
.
TheThings
. February 12, 2021.
- ^
"Flo Rida talks charity, Frank Ocean and haters"
. 13 July 2012.
- ^
Outlets, Tanger.
"Far East Movement Takes The Stage At Tanger Outlets"
.
www.prnewswire.com
(Press release).
- ^
"StackPath"
.
www.frontiertouring.com
.
- ^
"Far*East Movement reveals MV for "Rocketeer" ft. Ryan Tedder"
.
- ^
"Far East Movement Is What'cha Want"
.
E! Online
. September 29, 2011.
- ^
"Hyper Crush"
.
San Antonio Current
.
- ^
"Azealia Banks 1991"
.
Exclaim.ca
.
- ^
"The Nicki Minaj Singles Tournament: Round Two"
.
Pitchfork
. December 23, 2014.